The local language is not always the language of the land. In parts of Sweden the local language is Arabic, children growing up there sometimes don't get to spe

The local language is not always the language of the land. In parts of Sweden the local language is Arabic, children growing up there sometimes don't get to speak Swedish before they go to primary school at the age of 7. They could have the bad luck of ending up at a pre-school where nobody speaks Swedish [1] which makes it even harder for them to learn the language of the land. From the article: "På Missansia förskola har alla barn utom ett vårdnadshavare med ett annat modersmål än svenska. Enda stället där de kan tala eller uppmuntras att utveckla svenska är därför i förskolan. Utbildningsnämnden konstaterar därför att "om då förskolan enbart har personal i småbarnsgruppen som inte kan svenska får dessa barn ingen uppmuntran i det svenska språket". Nämnden utrycker också en oro över att barnen riskerar att få en sämre start än sina klasskamrater i skolan, vilket kan medföra en sämre kunskapsutveckling och ett utanförskap. – Förskolan ska bedrivas på svenska, det är extra viktigt när de talar sitt modersmål hemma. Grunden är att vi måste garantera barns rätt till en bra förskola, säger Olle Johansson." ...which translates to: "At Missansia pre-school all children except for one have parents (the word used is 'vårdnadshavare' which means 'custodians') with a native tongue other than Swedish. This means the only place where they can speak or be motivated to develop Swedish is pre-school. The school board therefore concludes that "if pre-school only has personnel (in the group for the youngest children) who can not speak Swedish this means those children do no get any motivation in the Swedish language" The board also is worried that the children will have a worse start than their classmates in school which can lead to worse results and segregation. – Pre-school has to be run in Swedish, this is extra important when they speak their native tongue at home. The reason is that we have to guarantee the child's right to a good pre-school, says Olle Johansson. [1] http://nt.se/nyheter/norrkoping/ingen-i-personalen-kunde-svenska-om5307212.aspx http://nt.se/nyheter/norrkoping/ingen-i-personalen-kunde-sve...